Once Upon a Patriarchy

About Once Upon a Patriarchy

Each episode, fairy tale and media studies scholar Dr. Shannan Palma and award-winning survivor advocate Wanda Swan sit down with a special guest to talk and laugh about all the ways Disney’s versions of fairy tales messed with their heads. They discuss both the pre-Disney literary versions and the changes Disney made to them. They reminisce about jamming to “Kiss the Girl” while asking, with some real concern, “Who is Flounder’s mama?” Does she know where he is? They're taking an outsider’s approach and looking for the counter-narratives in the stories. They’ll empathize with villains. They’ll add some color back into the mix. They’ll explore who gets to dream of happily ever after and who doesn’t — and what absorbing those messages as children taught them. Sponsored by the graduate program in Writing and Digital Communication at Agnes Scott College.

Publisher

Shannan Palma and Wanda Swan

Category

society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Oct 2018

Latest episode

2 Sept 2020

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Sept 2020

   Season 2, Episode 6: Behind the Scenes of Season Two with Wanda Swan and Shannan Palma

   Wanda and Shannan catch listeners up on what was happening outside the studio as they recorded season two. This episode was recorded in October 2019, but did not air until September 2020.

2. 

   4 Aug 2020

   Season 2, Episode 5: Aladdin with Roula AbiSamra, Dr. Reem Bailony, and Zunera

   Wanda and Shannan pass the mic to Roula AbiSamra, Dr. Reem Bailony, and Zunera for an in-depth discussion of Aladdin.

3. 

   23 Jan 2020

   Season 2, Episode 4: Mulan with Chesya Burke

   Wanda and Shannan sit down with horror writer and scholar Dr. Chesya Burke to discuss the movie Mulan.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

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